By Calvin Palmer
An aerial acrobat died yesterday after falling during a Cirque du Soleil-type performance at a golf tournament dinner in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Jose Angel Vera, 33, of San Diego fell while attempting to unravel his body from a sash while suspended in the air as part of the Aerial Artistry performance, said Scottsdale police Sgt. [...]
January 28, 2009
Aerial acrobat falls to his death
January 28, 2009
Starbucks announces 300 stores to close with loss of 6,700 jobs
By Calvin Palmer
Starbucks customers may have to travel further to get their favorite latte as 2009 unfolds. The coffee company today confirmed it is closing 300 underperforming stores, 200 of them in the United States.
In job terms, it could mean shedding 6,700 positions, as the company tries to counter falling consumer demand.
The company’s Seattle headquarters [...]
January 28, 2009
Family at Wilmington shooting heavily in debt, say police
By Calvin Palmer
Los Angeles police say a man who apparently shot himself after killing his wife and their five children was awash in debt and planning to leave California.
Detective David Cortez today said that Ervin Lupoe was at least one month behind on his mortgage. He says the 40-year-old Lupoe owed at least $15,000 to [...]
January 28, 2009
Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player dies of suspected heart attack
By Calvin Palmer
A keyboard player with the legendary Jacksonville rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has died at his home in northeast Florida.
Billy Powell called 911 about 12:55 a.m. today saying he was having trouble breathing. Rescue crews performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead at 1:52 a.m., said Orange Park Police Lt. Mark Cornett.
Powell, 56, who [...]
January 28, 2009
Russia responds to the Obama effect and suspends missile deployment
By Calvin Palmer
Russia’s plans to deploy missiles in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, as a response to the missile shield proposed by the Bush administration, have been put on hold.
President Dmitri Medvedev ordered Iskander missiles to be placed in Kaliningrad in a speech made the day after Barack Obama’s election victory last November.
Russia objected to [...]
January 28, 2009
Royal Navy’s most advanced destroyer HMS Daring sails into home port
By Calvin Palmer
The world’s most advanced destroyer, the Royal Navy’s HMS Daring, sailed into its home port of Portsmouth for the first time today.
The 7,350-tonne vessel, built at a cost of of £1 billion ($1.4 billion), was handed over to the Royal Navy last month after work was completed at the BVT Surface Fleet’s Scotstoun [...]
